Sixty Six Capital Inc. Q2 FY2025 Earnings Call

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  • Leadership Update: CEO Richard A. Zimmerman announced plans to step down by the end of 2025 after 38 years in the industry. The company will begin the search for his successor and expects an orderly transition. Zimmerman will remain on the board.
  • Q2 Performance:
    • Company faced macroeconomic headwinds and extreme weather (49 lost operating days vs. 12 in Q2 2024), leading to a significant decline in attendance and underperformance compared to expectations.
    • Q2 Adjusted EBITDA "fell well below plan" due to lower attendance and higher operating cost pressures brought on by weather and early advertising spend.
  • Key Metrics and Financials:
    • Adjusted EBITDA guidance for FY25 lowered from $1.08–$1.12B to $860–$910M due to attendance softness and value-conscious consumer behavior.
    • CapEx: Q2 CapEx was $168M; Full-year expected to be $475M–$500M in 2025, reducing to ~$400M in 2026.
    • Q2 cash position: $107M in cash, total liquidity of $540M.
    • Gross debt: $5.3B with net leverage at 6.2x adjusted EBITDA (target is <4x).
    • Interest payments projected at ~$320M for FY25, rising slightly for FY26.

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Operator: Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Six Flags 2025 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I'd now like to turn the call over to Six Flags management. Go ahead, please. Michael Russell: Thank you, Rob, and good morning, everyone. My name is Michael Russell, Corporate Director of Investor Relations for Six Flags. Welcome to today's earnings call to review Six Flags Entertainment Corporation's 2025 Second Quarter Financial Results. Earlier this morning, we issued 2 press releases, including our earnings release for the second quarter and another release announcing a leadership change. Copies of these press releases are available under the News tab of our Investor Relations website at investors.sixflags.com. Before we begin, I need to remind you that comments made during this call will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those described in such statements. For a more detailed discussion of these risks, you may refer to the company's filings with the SEC. In compliance with the SEC's Regulation FD, this webcast is being made available to the media and general public as well as analysts and investors. Because the webcast is open to all constituents and prior notification has been widely and unselectively disseminated, all content on this call will be considered fully disclosed. On the call

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